Guest Blogger: Lacey 2

Taylor Swift is one of my favorite singers. The fact that she’s so young but has so much to sing about really inspires me and clicks with me. In fact, in a Rolling Stone review by Rob Sheffield regarding Taylor’s fresh talent, Sheffield exclaims, “Where are all the older people who are supposedly making better pop records than Taylor Swift? There aren't any. In a mere four years, the 20-year-old Nashville firecracker has put her name on three dozen or so of the smartest songs released by anyone in pop, rock or country” (Sheffield). It’s no secret that she’s good at what she does, her newest album Speak Now hit stores on October 25th, and it’s already sold 320,000 copies and counting! Speak Now’s strong debut is the largest sales week since 50 Cent’s The Massacre opened with over 1,100,000 copies sold five years ago. It’s also no secret that most of T-Swift’s songs are about cheating boys, broken hearts, and revenge. In one of her songs on Speak Now called “Dear John”, the audience definitely gets that she’s been hurt by a male counterpart. “Dear John, I see it all now; that you're gone / don’t you think I was too young to be messed with? / The girl in the dress; cried the whole way home. I should've known.” She may be young, but she’s clearly had her fair share of heartache, but not all of her songs are about kicking Joe Schmoe to the curb. In her upbeat single “Sparks Fly”, Swift swoons over Mr. Dreamy, “Drop everything now, meet me in the pouring rain / Kiss me on the sidewalk, take away the pain / ‘Cause I see sparks fly / whenever you smile.” And although Swift technically fits into the “country” genre of music, Speak Now features fast tempos and rock-star attitude. I haven’t gone out and bought Speak Now yet, but I definitely have plans to get it and keep it on repeat in my car.